lau kui

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 落氣／落气 (làu-khùi, “to lose face”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lau kui (comparative more lau kui, superlative most lau kui)

  1. (colloquial, Singapore) Embarrassing, shameful
    • 2004, Bukit Ho Sweerean, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      You think you are going for a vacation izzit? No wonder our athletes thought like this and we lost miserably. So lau kui.

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